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Amen - see my signature. Joke: A group of scientists succeeded in creating life in a test tube - all excited they went outside held up the tube and said - God, if you are there we don't need you anymore we created life from dirt. A booming voice came forth and replied, Get your own dirt"!java script:add_smilie("","smid_8") laugh.gif

discipline, walking, outdoor sports etc. As we commit to a weight loss program, eith self or a club etc. we need to be consistent and faithful. Above all talk to the Lord. He tells us to ask Him. if we don't ask how can He help. Glo I agree - GloBob should always Exercise for the Lord!! 4joy you sound like ag reat person.

Without the WORD men do what is "right in their own eyes". I am a firm believer in the Bible and trust the Holy Spirit to reveal truth to me. In a conversation with a close friend who is gay - he said I have been this way since I was born - (how do I know)- so i discussed the pertinent scriptures with him and said something like - because of sin all of creation is messed up - mutations, diabetes, blindness, etc. - Only the Lord really knows what we may be going through but He is righteous and will always forgive our sin if we repent and ask. I then said, You know what, I think God is more concerned about what we want to do than what we do. We cannot just deny Him to indulge in the things of the flesh. I aslo reminded him that, "Greater is He that is in you (me) than he that is in the world." I was able to have this discussion because we had a relationship based on love and respect not my opinions or his or our own thoughts. I always try to use the Bible as my proof and basically say - don't argue with me, I'm just the messenger. What iif the Bible is true? Debating the WORD, in my opinion, only leads to alienation - I try to show them God's word and leave it up- to the Holy Spirit to reveal to them the truth and to convict them ofther sin.

I have posted a couple of topics that have been moved to controversial. Because I am a newbie I apparently am unable to respond to any of the comments, etc. In fact i have tried to e-mail or private message a moderator and I get an error message telling me I am not allowed. This is OK I understand the rules but sometimes you get comments that are inaccurate for example: In Gay Marriage or Civil Union I stated Reasons often given for being gay and a possible Biblical response:

Below is a letter to the editor I submitted a while ago. I was prompted by my observation that (1) our society is sliding toward

I have used numerous Bibles and am aware that some are actual translations while others are written in a more everyday language. I know some say that a particular version is "the only authentic one" and I don't figure it is worth while debating the issue. I would rather trust the WORD which tells me that the Holy Spirit will reveal the truth to me. When I first gave my life to Christ a good friend told me ..."Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God not by reading commentaries. I am confident that the Lord can lead me to know His truth. Man has an opinion - God is truth. Some how I don't think He is looking down from the heavens saying, "Golly. I hope my children can figure out what the right version is and whose commentary to trust.

Wake Up Church! What I have written below may be considered by some to be extreme or provocative. If you are offended I ask your forgiveness but I feel that the time is short - that we must decide very soon whom we will serve - The Lord God or Baal. I am requesting that you give your church leaders a copy of this. I pray that the Lord will have mercy on us and provide a window of opportunity! Please do not be offended. As I sit here I feel so strongly that we who call ourselves followers of Jesus Christ have been playing games for to long inside the walls of our comfortable churches. We are commanded by scripture to be light and salt to the world - yet all around us perversion is happening (homosexuality, gambling, abortion, indoctrination of our youth, violence, child abuse, etc) and we seem to be silent and non committal (like an ostrich with its head in the sand) - are we afraid of losing our IRS status or how others may react? Are we so concerned with our "religion and our own earthly welfare and our denominations and our "church building" and with pleasing of man and our own selfish ambition that we have come to the place where we are no longer effective as light and salt. Are we serving God or man? Body of Christ wake up! Casino gambling and the lottery is about to take over our country, Christian Schools are struggling to survive, drugs are all around us, homosexuality is rampant, child abuse, abortion and pornography are everywhere. We need to preach the gospel of salvation and repentance with the love of Christ to the LOST - we will not be judged for whether or not they listen and we have not been called to force anyone - but we must SHOUT the message and warn them! Yet, to my knowledge, very few in the Body of Christ seem to care - no letters to the editor, no ads, no unity to combat evil - Brothers and sisters, WE ARE IT! WE HAVE BEEN CALLED! WE ARE TO BE THE LIGHT AND THE SALT! WE ARE THE "ROYAL PRIESTHOOD"! HIS WITNESSES! THE PEOPLE CALLED BY HIS NAME! I have been studying Jeremiah - take a look at Chapter 1 and 7 and ask yourself - has God changed - will He somehow wink His eye as we play church? I fear that we will be held responsible - for we are the called out ones! I sense so urgently that it is imperative that we stand up for righteousness NOW or we and all around us will "weep what we have sown!" If any of you have the same feelings please let me know. Perhaps we can become part of John 17:23! If not us who? If not now when? Jesus did not start a denomination or a church